His campaign has been in a death spiral ever since they picked Palin.
That's just silly. McCain needs to do drastic things in order to win. That's really his best chance. Does it matter than liberal women in NY or CA hate Palin? not a bit. all that matters is the that the low information voters in the west and ohio buy these kind of tactics. time will tell, but remember that they are not looking at this election the way we do. the swing voters at this point will be swayed with personality and appearances.